Started Jiu-Jitsu Late? Stop Regretting It

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Almost every older grappler Bernardo Faria talks to says the same thing at some point: "I wish I had started jiu-jitsu earlier." In this video he explains why that regret might be pointing the wrong way, and why there is no perfect age to start.

Bernardo started at 14 and felt old. He knew kids who were green belts and ten time Brazilian national champions by 14 because they started at 5, and blue belt world champions by 15. Most of those kids quit. They competed so much as children that they burned out. Bernardo had less experience than them, so he competed a lot to catch up, but at 16 and 17 he was in his prime and hungry while they were mentally tired.

The same logic applies to adults. If you start in your 40s or 50s, you will not become an adult world champion, and you have to learn the techniques later in life. That is the disadvantage. But you also have the advantages he no longer has at 39: high motivation to learn something new, a body that is not beat up, no surgeries on both knees, no small injuries stacked up over 25 years. Every age has pros and cons. The job is to capitalize on the pros and manage, or simply accept, the cons.

The hardest step in jiu-jitsu is the first one, stepping on the mat. If you start and stay consistent, you will get your black belt one day and you will compete well one day. And maybe, if you had started at 15, you would have been burned out and done with jiu-jitsu by 30. Regret takes you nowhere. Take advantage of your motivation, your body and your will to get better.

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KEY CONCEPTS IN THIS VIDEO:

🕒 TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 There Is No Perfect Age To Start Jiu-Jitsu
0:24 I Started At 14 And Felt Old
0:44 Most Of The Kids Who Started At 5 Quit
1:00 My Advantage Was Motivation
1:13 The Same Thing Applies To Adults
1:27 Starting In Your 40s Or 50s
1:48 Capitalize On The Advantages, Manage The Disadvantages
2:04 How I Managed My Disadvantage
2:30 Starting At 40: The Real Disadvantage
2:48 Starting At 40: Your Advantages
3:18 Every Age Has Pros And Cons
3:33 The Hardest Part Is To Step On The Mat
3:48 Stay Consistent And You Will Get There
4:01 I Wish I Had Started Earlier
4:15 The Guys Who Started At 15 And Quit At 30
4:33 Regret Takes You Nowhere
4:58 Take The Pros, Accept The Cons
5:15 Every Older Grappler Tells Me This
5:29 Accept That You Started Older
5:44 Jiu-Jitsu For Old Guys
6:09 Do Not Regret Starting Later

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Bernardo Faria is a 5x World Champion. Bernardo started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Juiz de Fora - MG, Brazil at the age of 14 in 2001. After receiving the Black Belt from his first instructor Ricardo Marques in 2008, He moved to Sao Paulo to join BJJ legend Fabio Gurgel and his Alliance team. After many years of training and winning many major titles, Bernardo moved to NYC in 2013 to train and teach at Marcelo Garcia Academy. In 2015 Bernardo achieved his dream of winning the IBJJF World Championship Open class title and his division, doing the double Gold and becoming the 1st in the IBJJF Ranking and also chosen as the best athlete of 2015.

Bernardo Faria has now taken on the mission to share some of the lessons, techniques, experiences and more that he has learned along in his 16 years and counting as a BJJ student, teacher and world class competitor.

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